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w but we just took a big run at getting our health care costs icck in line. def $1.3 trillion in deficit savingo according to cbo. mr. president, in conclusion,w f the overview of the budgethat framework that we are offering our colleagues for their $ consideration provides $4 trillion in deficit reductios over ten years. it's actually 5 trillion if measured on the same basis as the fiscal commission.hat we we have adopted what we think is a more plausible baseline int light of things that haveed s happened so far this year. still lies the debt by 2014, tht deficit to 2.5% of gdp by 2015 and 1.3% by 2021. tax r but tax reform that simplifieso, that goes after offshore tax havens and tax shelters and previews fairness and we rejectt the house gop plan to end the to medicare as we know it andwe prt protect education, energy andins infrastructure investments.ic we have balance the deficit and debt reduction plans, cuttinging spending by about $2 trillion, providing additional revenue by about $2 trillion. as let me conclude as i began by r saying ourev revenue p
w but we just took a big run at getting our health care costs icck in line. def $1.3 trillion in deficit savingo according to cbo. mr. president, in conclusion,w f the overview of the budgethat framework that we are offering our colleagues for their $ consideration provides $4 trillion in deficit reductios over ten years. it's actually 5 trillion if measured on the same basis as the fiscal commission.hat we we have adopted what we think is a more plausible baseline int light of things that...
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but the big question before us now is this: when will the promised reforms begin to pop up on the radar screen? and that radar screen is our further reading of additional audits, as they come out this fiscal year and into the future. when will we see sustained improvement in audit quality? to establish a solid baseline for assessing the highly touted transformation plan, my staff took another snapshot of recent audits. my latest oversight review is best characterized as a report card and it was issued on june 1 this year. each of the 113 unclassified reports published in fiscal year 2010 were reviewed, evaluated, and graded. after each report was graded, all the scores for each report on each rating category were added up and averaged. this created a composite score for each of the 113 reports. although 15 top-quality audits are highlighted in the report card, the overall score for all 113 was d-. those low, i know. maybe the score should have been a little higher. obviously a grading system isn't perfect. it may need some fine-tuning and we're working on that. but i still believe it pr
but the big question before us now is this: when will the promised reforms begin to pop up on the radar screen? and that radar screen is our further reading of additional audits, as they come out this fiscal year and into the future. when will we see sustained improvement in audit quality? to establish a solid baseline for assessing the highly touted transformation plan, my staff took another snapshot of recent audits. my latest oversight review is best characterized as a report card and it was...
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those big banners you read, those are the short-term planners in the business world. we debate today, and i think we are a lot closer than maybe the media likes to portray, but it is a difference between the next six months do we deal with this issue and have another debt limit vote in six months from now and another six months later and six months, or do we plan for the long term, get our economy more stable, more certain so businesses can invest and do the right thing? as i said at the beginning here, any business that you see that has a short-term plan usually has a sign that says "going out of business" or "quitting." we're not going to quit here. we're going to have a long-term plan. i heard earlier today my colleague and friend from the other side who practices in real estate, from georgia, senator isakson -- both of us have been in the real estate business for many years. as he said also, we're closer than people think we are, but we have some slight differences, ones that we need to make sure we resolve and move to a long-term plan. i challenged earlier this w
those big banners you read, those are the short-term planners in the business world. we debate today, and i think we are a lot closer than maybe the media likes to portray, but it is a difference between the next six months do we deal with this issue and have another debt limit vote in six months from now and another six months later and six months, or do we plan for the long term, get our economy more stable, more certain so businesses can invest and do the right thing? as i said at the...
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i am paying taxes big time on my life. the thing is, i am so upset with the ignorance, with the calls that come in. it is devastating to say the rich are helping the poor to get jobs is absolutely ludicrous. i am so upset because there is a goal to tear down the little guy. of course the goal is to destroy obama, which is unspeakable. the middle class and the poor are suffering. all because of money. money, money. that is what is so upsetting to me. guest: there is absolutely no question there is a growing gap between the haves and have-nots in the world and the u.s. as well. it is not just an issue of wealth. it is also an issue of education. important, the comprehensive tax reform that is outlined in the comeback america restoring fiscal sanity report under both from march would end up resulting with everybody and that making more than a stated percentage will pay something. those who end up having more and make more will pay more. we will have an even more progressive tax system. but the way we do it is through comprehe
i am paying taxes big time on my life. the thing is, i am so upset with the ignorance, with the calls that come in. it is devastating to say the rich are helping the poor to get jobs is absolutely ludicrous. i am so upset because there is a goal to tear down the little guy. of course the goal is to destroy obama, which is unspeakable. the middle class and the poor are suffering. all because of money. money, money. that is what is so upsetting to me. guest: there is absolutely no question there...
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my father was a big democratic, as our family they were all democrat. the only republican i knew was my grandmother. and they had you might say a conversation in the kitchen about the great society. i was a small little girl and during the course of that conversation i will never forget my grandmother saying to my father, but david, it will be you that pays for the great society, it will be davy and michelle, my older brother david and myself. and my grandmothers admonition was exactly right. and now we are paying for those programs. and now we're looking to the next generation and the one that isn't even born. and that's the moral question of our time. what will we leave to that generation? will believe them better off or will we leave them with a stack of invoices? that's our question. i know what the american people have chosen. people all across the country have told me, they are forward-looking people. they love this country, and even more they love their children. they have chosen that we don't want. that's their choice. they want to go on. they w
my father was a big democratic, as our family they were all democrat. the only republican i knew was my grandmother. and they had you might say a conversation in the kitchen about the great society. i was a small little girl and during the course of that conversation i will never forget my grandmother saying to my father, but david, it will be you that pays for the great society, it will be davy and michelle, my older brother david and myself. and my grandmothers admonition was exactly right....
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we can't get the big things going. the overarching issues and serving the discrimination issues are one of the things we deal with. if it's okay with you, i would like to take this opportunity to ask my colleague, leonard boswell, to take my seat. i would like to get out of town before the faa shuts down. [laughter] so thank you very, very much for the opportunity. [applause] >> not often you have the luxury of having a reserve congressman. [inaudible] >> congressman connolly haven't heard from you so if you'd like to her housemates be i know time is short. i just want to salute all of you for having this and the thought process. we are certainly in a crisis, and you all know that. and history is going to be written. what's it going to say? i was somewhat relieved, even as for mr. summers to leave town. i wonder what would have to do to get mr. geithner to leave. i'm glad to see them go back and do what he does well. he's a good professor. i would like to see the other gentleman go do what he does well. we are in a cri
we can't get the big things going. the overarching issues and serving the discrimination issues are one of the things we deal with. if it's okay with you, i would like to take this opportunity to ask my colleague, leonard boswell, to take my seat. i would like to get out of town before the faa shuts down. [laughter] so thank you very, very much for the opportunity. [applause] >> not often you have the luxury of having a reserve congressman. [inaudible] >> congressman connolly...
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itself.he i keep hearing some members talk about the august 2 deadline as is if it is no big deal. they say they have their owneal theories about when the real deadline is. that just leaves me dumbfounded. i for one i'm going to take the treasury secretary and virtually every economist at their word.ot we need a solution before august august 2 or we risk economicstr. catastrophe. who there are some members who are essentially saying that the treasury can pirate sites payments to avoid default byt b getting social security checks out shouldn't be a problem. i we pro. heard their republican member onon public radio this pt weekend say that a pirate for social security checks taxes in the trust fund. well, yes, we have $2.6 trilliot in assets in the trust fund, but they are all in treasuries securities, not cash. i find it just stunning that a a member of congress let alone a i member of the budget committee understand the most basic functioning of our government. lit now, if there is no debt limit increase, treasury may be able to juggle payments to get social security checks out on
itself.he i keep hearing some members talk about the august 2 deadline as is if it is no big deal. they say they have their owneal theories about when the real deadline is. that just leaves me dumbfounded. i for one i'm going to take the treasury secretary and virtually every economist at their word.ot we need a solution before august august 2 or we risk economicstr. catastrophe. who there are some members who are essentially saying that the treasury can pirate sites payments to avoid default...
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government has gotten too big it, has grown too fast. it is spinning out of control, i think, in the minds *f most americans, and they want to see us rein it in and get government spending and debt under control. i read yesterday on the floor, but i want to read it again. ironically a letter i got from a boy scout are in south dakota who was earning his merit badge. he wrote me a letter and he said -- quote -- "i feel the federal government needs a balanced budget. if we don't, the debt gets larger each year. i feel there are two solutions for this. in our house, we are careful to only spend what my mom and dad earn. that needs come first and what is left is for wants. many times we were told no when we asked for s-fplgt with my allowance and lawn mowing money i donate it between saving and spending. i can't spend more than i make. end quote. i think there are a couple of very powerful observations in that statement, mr. president. the first is obviously that it's not lost on even this young american how important it is that you live wit
government has gotten too big it, has grown too fast. it is spinning out of control, i think, in the minds *f most americans, and they want to see us rein it in and get government spending and debt under control. i read yesterday on the floor, but i want to read it again. ironically a letter i got from a boy scout are in south dakota who was earning his merit badge. he wrote me a letter and he said -- quote -- "i feel the federal government needs a balanced budget. if we don't, the debt...
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i mean it seems to me that is such a big issue. getting our kids just through high school and into college. i work for a foundation in d.c. called pozzi and i think we are are -- to be our executive director and what they do is they work to get disadvantaged kids into college. so how do we address our failing public school system especially when it comes to black kids? >> whoa, that is big. >> first of all, thank you for your remark and of course tomorrow lawson is the new d.c. coordinator of the foundation in d.c.. i'm so proud of her and she is my baby girl. she is really coretta's baby girl but i borrow her from time to time. we are excited about her. >> she was hired in a nanosecond. it was like m, calm. but we are excited about that and i'm excited about the image that the foundation has which is really about changing the metrics around college attendance. here is what we have to do you all. whoever is in in the -- within the sound of my voice, going to college is not warring. it is not nerdy. it is not white folk. eight is ho
i mean it seems to me that is such a big issue. getting our kids just through high school and into college. i work for a foundation in d.c. called pozzi and i think we are are -- to be our executive director and what they do is they work to get disadvantaged kids into college. so how do we address our failing public school system especially when it comes to black kids? >> whoa, that is big. >> first of all, thank you for your remark and of course tomorrow lawson is the new d.c....
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we make a big deal out of some items around here, but we don't make a big deal when it comes to something that we can actually effect and cause us, as a body, to do the things that we need to do. so, mr. president -- or, presiding officer, look, i'm very disappointed in the united states senate. i'm very disappointed in the white house. i'm very disappointed in all of us. i'm very disappointed in the childish behavior that this body has continued to exude over the course of this entire year. i'm very disappointed that we would even consider going on with spending taxpayer resources and not sitting down and making tough decisions. i'm very disappointed, candidly, that both sides of the aisle only want it their way. i don't think this great country was created the way that it was so that one side of the aisle got it exactly the way they wanted it. i think this body was created to be -- quote -- "the greatest deliberative body in the country" and yet we don't do that. we don't act that way. we don't debate tough issues. we hide, all of us -- we hide and we let our leadership concoct ways to
we make a big deal out of some items around here, but we don't make a big deal when it comes to something that we can actually effect and cause us, as a body, to do the things that we need to do. so, mr. president -- or, presiding officer, look, i'm very disappointed in the united states senate. i'm very disappointed in the white house. i'm very disappointed in all of us. i'm very disappointed in the childish behavior that this body has continued to exude over the course of this entire year....
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i'm paying taxes big time all my life. now the thing is, i am so upset with the ignorance with the calls that come in and it's devastating to say that the rich are helping the poor to get jobs is absolutely ludicrous. i am so upset because there's a goal to tear down the little guy, of course, and then, of course, the goal is to destroy obama which is unspeakable. the middle class and the poor are suffering. and all because of money, money, money. that's what's so upsetting to me. >> guest: well, there's absolutely no question that there's a growing gap between the have's and have not's in the world and in the united states as well. and it's not just an issue of wealth, although that's clearly one of the issues. it's also an issue of education, which is going to have profound impacts on us in the future. importantly, the comprehensive tax reform that's outlined in the comeback america restoring fiscal insanity report under both frame works anyone who makes something above the poverty level will pay something. those who end
i'm paying taxes big time all my life. now the thing is, i am so upset with the ignorance with the calls that come in and it's devastating to say that the rich are helping the poor to get jobs is absolutely ludicrous. i am so upset because there's a goal to tear down the little guy, of course, and then, of course, the goal is to destroy obama which is unspeakable. the middle class and the poor are suffering. and all because of money, money, money. that's what's so upsetting to me. >>...
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minority contractors are going to have a big impact. then it takes us to the government will definitely slow down or not pay at all contractors, whether it's the big defense guys that employ thousands and thousands of people or is it not going to pay the small to medium-size business like in my own state that does information technology? now, we are about to destroy the reputation and solvency of the united states of america. we are about to destroy the reputation and solvency of the united states of america not only for one day, but for a decade and maybe the rest of the century. and this is not being done by an outside power. we're spending $700 billion on defense, and we're destroying ourselves by a self-inflicted wound because of political dysfunction, political rigidity and political ideology. what the heck is this? and i could even use more intense language. what we are about to do -- we cannot allow this to happen. so i say to my colleagues, look, one of my colleagues said to me yesterday, senator mikulski, what would it take to
minority contractors are going to have a big impact. then it takes us to the government will definitely slow down or not pay at all contractors, whether it's the big defense guys that employ thousands and thousands of people or is it not going to pay the small to medium-size business like in my own state that does information technology? now, we are about to destroy the reputation and solvency of the united states of america. we are about to destroy the reputation and solvency of the united...
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in this very tight budget, it's a big challenge. we dealt with some cuts that had to be dealt with, but how we balance this with personnel and ensuring that we have a robust system and making sure the benefits are there, at the same time how do we balance with some of the infrastructure. i have a more detailed question that i'll submit for the record, but that's the gist of my question, how will you manage that to make sure we have the fighting men and women that we need but at the same time deal with some severe budget constraints. so i'll just submit that for the record, if that's okay. >> okay, senator. thanks. >> thank you very much. good luck. >> senator graham? >> thank you, mr. chairman. congratulations on your nomination. i know you'll do a good job, and your family is proud, and this is a special time in your life. but iraq. there are increasing reports coming from iraq that iran is introducing weapons into iraq and to shiite hands, iups and more rockets. is that generally true? >> i've heard both general austin and others
in this very tight budget, it's a big challenge. we dealt with some cuts that had to be dealt with, but how we balance this with personnel and ensuring that we have a robust system and making sure the benefits are there, at the same time how do we balance with some of the infrastructure. i have a more detailed question that i'll submit for the record, but that's the gist of my question, how will you manage that to make sure we have the fighting men and women that we need but at the same time...
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you are married to those big solid rockets. and if there's a failure then, there is no way out for the crew. and as we saw, that was how challenger 25 years ago was destroyed. they had a malfunction in one of the rockets. it caused the whole thing to explode. i'm talking about one of the solid rockets within the first two minutes of flight. well, we're going to have a much safer way to get to and from the space station. the sad thing is, however, that the rocket for humans is not ready and it's going to take about another three years. and, therefore, it is sad that all of that finest launch team in the world at the kennedy space center, a good part of them are having to be laid off. and that will -- that employment will ramp up over the next several years as we build and launch those kind of rockets. now, there's another set of human rated rockets. i'm just talking about the manned space program now. i'm not talking about the unmanned. look what we're getting ready. this year we're going to jupit jupiter. later on, we are getti
you are married to those big solid rockets. and if there's a failure then, there is no way out for the crew. and as we saw, that was how challenger 25 years ago was destroyed. they had a malfunction in one of the rockets. it caused the whole thing to explode. i'm talking about one of the solid rockets within the first two minutes of flight. well, we're going to have a much safer way to get to and from the space station. the sad thing is, however, that the rocket for humans is not ready and it's...
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this is a big difference between jerry falwell and jimmy carter. jimmy carter never believed if you necessarily change the law that he would necessarily have the results of a reteamed country. in fact, jimmy carter felt very awkward about making the argument that america was somehow the chosen people of god. jerry falwell was very willing to do that. sherry fowler clearly conflated the american nation with christianity. jimmy carter was always very hesitant, such as in the moralizer, very hesitant to god's purpose with america's purpose. after the i love america rally, no surprise again we get the formation of the moral majority and we get the rise of what is known as the new right during the period. and many of the members of a new right also were very sure that jimmy carter was quite vulnerable on a bunch of cultural issues, which is some ways didn't prove to be afraid if they wanted it to, but they had a point. none of this would matter. sure to falwell's opposition, none of this anonymous there was a candidate they are ready to articulate the c
this is a big difference between jerry falwell and jimmy carter. jimmy carter never believed if you necessarily change the law that he would necessarily have the results of a reteamed country. in fact, jimmy carter felt very awkward about making the argument that america was somehow the chosen people of god. jerry falwell was very willing to do that. sherry fowler clearly conflated the american nation with christianity. jimmy carter was always very hesitant, such as in the moralizer, very...
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[applause] >> i know there's a big debate. we frequently at the smithsonian get letters from people telling us either we are totally right or totally wrong, and we never say anything about it so whether george washington said so help me god, and, you know, how many people were close enough to hear at the time and have you got a record from them? >> to be clear the constitution does not include it. that language is not in the constitution, and george washington almost certainly did not say so help me god, no only is there no evidence, but there's a minister who is present and writing about the inauguration and later becomes washington's great christian defender, arguing what a great christian washington is. if anybody was going to say washington said this, this person would have said this, and he doesn't. he almost certainly didn't say it. oath on the bible, absolutely, that's been since 12 century centuries land, but what the -- england, but what the change is is that you don't have to. you know, i don't have a problem taking
[applause] >> i know there's a big debate. we frequently at the smithsonian get letters from people telling us either we are totally right or totally wrong, and we never say anything about it so whether george washington said so help me god, and, you know, how many people were close enough to hear at the time and have you got a record from them? >> to be clear the constitution does not include it. that language is not in the constitution, and george washington almost certainly did...
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and it's not small, it's big. and so there is $60 billion a year that -- i mean over ten years that we could save just by reforming the social security and disability system. and that doesn't say you don't want to help people that are disabled. it says you want to do what's the best thing for our country and help those people that are disabled. but we have undermined and we have taken advantage of those who need our love and care and they cheat the system and we have a bureaucracy that doesn't take them off the system, and we have an incompetent system of jurisprudence within the social security administration that puts people on that should never be on. but the attack comes that you don't care about people if you -- if, in fact, you want to fix this program. social security, everybody says don't touch social security. this congress and the congress before it has stolen stolen $2.5 trillion from the money you have put into social security. they have written a little bitty i.o.u. note there and said, well, when you
and it's not small, it's big. and so there is $60 billion a year that -- i mean over ten years that we could save just by reforming the social security and disability system. and that doesn't say you don't want to help people that are disabled. it says you want to do what's the best thing for our country and help those people that are disabled. but we have undermined and we have taken advantage of those who need our love and care and they cheat the system and we have a bureaucracy that doesn't...
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twice as big. and it would be great if all of it was constitutional, it could be great it was if it was all effective, if it was efficient and it would be great if we could afford it. but the fact is we're where we are today with $1.6 trillion deficits because we can't afford the government we have. and so we've not concentrated on the very areas where we can find mutual agreement, we've had three bipartisan bills in here where we've cut money, significant money, a billion here, $5 billion here, $7 billion here, go through the senate with vast majority votes only to go nowhere. because the allowance for the debate on the underlying bills was stopped. the bills were pulled. so what do we do? well, the first thing we do is we look at what the problems are. what are the problems? we have a hundred different programs with a hundred sets of bureaucracies for surface transportation alone. why do we do that? why haven't we fixed it? that's a question the american people ought to be asking. we have 82 prog
twice as big. and it would be great if all of it was constitutional, it could be great it was if it was all effective, if it was efficient and it would be great if we could afford it. but the fact is we're where we are today with $1.6 trillion deficits because we can't afford the government we have. and so we've not concentrated on the very areas where we can find mutual agreement, we've had three bipartisan bills in here where we've cut money, significant money, a billion here, $5 billion...
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he hates big government deficits. as long as their in the bush to ministration, and he is terrified it will create sky-high interest rates. he loves deficits now in 1983 and created, the fancy word with the crowd sourcing. the use the internet, blocks to get dozens of like-minded people to participate in a joint project. the project at the time was every time he writes a column all of the members of the troops got stay up all night, fact checking. kids every line, every error, every distortion, every misquotation, e-mail me. i'll have it published on national review online in a state. we did about a hundred columns over seven years. that does major retractions of airs allies. but before it did that it had to resolve a not once but twice getting the new york times for the first time in its more than century long history destitute an official policy under which its opinion columnists are obliged to correct errors. they didn't have that policy. [applause] al let me tell you what is so powerful about that. when they can't
he hates big government deficits. as long as their in the bush to ministration, and he is terrified it will create sky-high interest rates. he loves deficits now in 1983 and created, the fancy word with the crowd sourcing. the use the internet, blocks to get dozens of like-minded people to participate in a joint project. the project at the time was every time he writes a column all of the members of the troops got stay up all night, fact checking. kids every line, every error, every distortion,...
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there is no symptom of big government more menacing than our debt. break its grip and we begin to liberate our economy and our future. we are up to the task and i hope president obama will join us in this work. god bless you and your family and god bless the united states of america. >> speaker john boehner there at the speaker's ceremonial office up on capitol hill. another set of dueling set of remarks by the president and the speaker. tonight you can watch both of them over on c-span a bit later this evening and watch them at our website c-span.org. we'll go to your calls. want to bring up one story from the "huffington post" about what the speaker put forward in terms of debt and deficit. tea party coalition rejects boehner proposal. the "cut, cap, and balance" coalition which boasts of hundreds of tea party groups and more than 100 gop lawmakers in its membership, citing two provisions in his proposal amount to deal breakers. call for creating a congressional commission and its inclusion of a balanced budget amendment according to the group is o
there is no symptom of big government more menacing than our debt. break its grip and we begin to liberate our economy and our future. we are up to the task and i hope president obama will join us in this work. god bless you and your family and god bless the united states of america. >> speaker john boehner there at the speaker's ceremonial office up on capitol hill. another set of dueling set of remarks by the president and the speaker. tonight you can watch both of them over on c-span a...
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the president talked about big things but i think the american public expects more than a big speech. the congressional budget office says they cannot score a speech there is no plan by the president. we are two weeks out. there is no budget by the senate. the american public expects us to get back to work. expects us to get a job done. today you'll see a bill on the floor that is straightforward. no more budget tricks, no more accounting gimmicks, no more lies to the american people. with me curb it and cut it and balance it for the future. the democrats sit back and say somehow they're opposed to a balanced budget. 16 years ago if they had that one more vote we wouldn't be here today. i want you to all imagine for one moment -- imagined that vote passed, what would our press conference be about today? would westbound investing in something. would westbound worried about unemployment? would westbound wondering about how big america is growing? well, now is the opportunity. we welcome democrats to join dawes but if they don't we'll pass it on our own. that is the contrast. that is the
the president talked about big things but i think the american public expects more than a big speech. the congressional budget office says they cannot score a speech there is no plan by the president. we are two weeks out. there is no budget by the senate. the american public expects us to get back to work. expects us to get a job done. today you'll see a bill on the floor that is straightforward. no more budget tricks, no more accounting gimmicks, no more lies to the american people. with me...
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i don't believe it does, but there is a big enough -- there is a big enough, you know, slow groundswell out there that it reacts with journalists. deeply younger and younger editors in charge with less and less background, with n controls around them. as long as the profits are coming in, it's a river of go >> i would agree with toby elliott because this is not the failure of the press completely. there is a culture, which allowed a sword at cheeky he to get completely out of control and brake or troll barn side of the law. >> the guardian others indeed have lots of other generous actually took seven years and not to expose her. so you know, do we get these? i would say they generally are good to read. >> i think it is important to say that we look at the certain part of the press suggest that the press. you have to look across the media. the media as a whole is fantastically mixed. we have lots and lots of forecast in print and online, phenomenal
i don't believe it does, but there is a big enough -- there is a big enough, you know, slow groundswell out there that it reacts with journalists. deeply younger and younger editors in charge with less and less background, with n controls around them. as long as the profits are coming in, it's a river of go >> i would agree with toby elliott because this is not the failure of the press completely. there is a culture, which allowed a sword...
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that was a big part of bin laden's persona. he wrote poetry. and he is, he was always described in personal dealings with him as, you know, rather gentle and con said rate -- considerate, far from a screamer. zawahiri, i gather, is not a pleasant person to be around at all. much more rigid, much more didactic, mind you, we're talking about opposing characters who planned 9/11, so i don't want to push that one too far. but i think in portraying bin laden it was important to get him right and see him as his act colite who was going to put his life on the line for this plot would see him, as an inspirational figure. that only makes sense. because you're not seeing him when you're the reader. you're not seeing him through the americans' point of view, you're seeing him from the point of view from someone who's actually been inspired by him, and you want to understand how that could possibly be. >> and one of the things your characters from the west or the middle east have in common is that they're having to use different identities. brooke chandler
that was a big part of bin laden's persona. he wrote poetry. and he is, he was always described in personal dealings with him as, you know, rather gentle and con said rate -- considerate, far from a screamer. zawahiri, i gather, is not a pleasant person to be around at all. much more rigid, much more didactic, mind you, we're talking about opposing characters who planned 9/11, so i don't want to push that one too far. but i think in portraying bin laden it was important to get him right and see...
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i think some might call it a big deal. you know, in the u.s. senate, this is a big deal. we're in the big place. this is where big deals happen. this is where it all happens to happen. because we drive the economy in the sense of our certainty and our policies. if we can't have a strong deficit-reduction budget, we're not going to create the certainty that the business community needs to invest, which will in turn employ more people and create a better dmi forous here and obviously will have an impact around the world. mr. president, i just want to say thank you for this opportunity to say a goo -- to say a few words, again commending the chairman for all his hard work. i will on this comments. the stroir i told you about the branders and the headline i had to have, that was in my first six months of office when i was mayor. two and a half years later i won reelection with within of the largest margins in the city's history. so i would say this to anybody who's trying figure out are they going to win their primary, win their general election, put that all aside. that's wh
i think some might call it a big deal. you know, in the u.s. senate, this is a big deal. we're in the big place. this is where big deals happen. this is where it all happens to happen. because we drive the economy in the sense of our certainty and our policies. if we can't have a strong deficit-reduction budget, we're not going to create the certainty that the business community needs to invest, which will in turn employ more people and create a better dmi forous here and obviously will have an...
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guest: i think there are too few big steps and not enough baby steps. i think it is critical for us. i was willing to vote on the medicare part d which a handful of our democrats did that with president bush because i could not imagine a health-care program for seniors without prescription drugs being integrated into it. was it perfect? no. did it take the necessary steps to get us started on that discussion and debate and the evolution of a senior health care plan that had prescription drugs? yes, it did. i think that is how we have to approach medicare. a baby girl born today as a 50% chance or better of living to 100 my husband's grandmother passed away a couple of years ago one a week shy of 112 living in her own home. these are the things that we are dealing with. people are living longer. i was very engaged with care coordination, wellness, how we coordinate care for our seniors in order to make sure not only are they getting the appropriate care but getting it in the setting that they want and having the quality of life that they want as well. me
guest: i think there are too few big steps and not enough baby steps. i think it is critical for us. i was willing to vote on the medicare part d which a handful of our democrats did that with president bush because i could not imagine a health-care program for seniors without prescription drugs being integrated into it. was it perfect? no. did it take the necessary steps to get us started on that discussion and debate and the evolution of a senior health care plan that had prescription drugs?...
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but he was bold and he was willing to take big, big leaps. i guess back to his early days as a broad jumper he was willing to take big, big leaps. as a staff perpendicular, he was extraordinary to work for. i've told the story of opening day. a few of us were in on that news but it had to be very closely held because you'd have created a run on all those banks if word had leaked. so even many of his staff people had no idea this was going on until he announced it. so that was kind of a shocker, and made -- it made for an interesting time to be a staff person. now, on another occasion he had a couple of raccoons bothering his -- on his property and they were bothering some -- a den of baby foxes and he didn't want the baby foxes to be killed by the raccoons so he took out a shotgun, went down to the end of his property and shot the two raccoons and then climbed this the car with his state trooper and headed off to work and of course described this exciting episode of his morning and the trooper said to him, governor, don't you realize that it'
but he was bold and he was willing to take big, big leaps. i guess back to his early days as a broad jumper he was willing to take big, big leaps. as a staff perpendicular, he was extraordinary to work for. i've told the story of opening day. a few of us were in on that news but it had to be very closely held because you'd have created a run on all those banks if word had leaked. so even many of his staff people had no idea this was going on until he announced it. so that was kind of a shocker,...
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[applause] >> i know there's a big debate. we quickly at the smithsonian get letters from people telling us either we are totally right or we're totally wrong, and we never say anything about it. whether george washington said so help me god, and you know, how many people were close enough to hear at the time, and have you got a record from them? >> but be clear that the constitution does not include -- that line which is not in the constitution. george washington almost certainly did not say so help me god. not only is there no evidence but there's a minister whose presence, he is writing about the inoculation. he later becomes washington's great christian defended that he's arguing what a great christian washington is that if anyone was willing to say washington said this, this person would have said it. and he doesn't. he almost certainly say. on the bible, actually. 12th century england? want to change is, and it's also changed in the state constitutions, you don't have to. so there's nothing -- i don't have any problem ta
[applause] >> i know there's a big debate. we quickly at the smithsonian get letters from people telling us either we are totally right or we're totally wrong, and we never say anything about it. whether george washington said so help me god, and you know, how many people were close enough to hear at the time, and have you got a record from them? >> but be clear that the constitution does not include -- that line which is not in the constitution. george washington almost certainly...
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it was a big story. >> how did the city respond? what did they do? >> for a long time they didn't know what to do. the city council didn't meet for days. everybody that night he fled from their houses. went out into the streets. stayed in any open space they could find, sleeping in the streets, sleeping in the city parks. a lot of people went out to stay on ships that were in the harbor. and then they started to go back to their homes in the morning and the after-shocks drove them right back out again into the streets so people stayed away from their homes for several days. and in a city as racially charged as charleston, remember, it's only 21 years after the end of the civil war and 10 years after the end of reconstruction when whites took back all the government in south carolina, there were tensions among everyone and the parks were integrated the night of the earthquake and they quickly broke into white camps and black camps with people separated by who they felt comfortable with. but they stayed out in the streets for days until the city leader
it was a big story. >> how did the city respond? what did they do? >> for a long time they didn't know what to do. the city council didn't meet for days. everybody that night he fled from their houses. went out into the streets. stayed in any open space they could find, sleeping in the streets, sleeping in the city parks. a lot of people went out to stay on ships that were in the harbor. and then they started to go back to their homes in the morning and the after-shocks drove them...
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that's how big it is. and there are six human beings up there doing research right now, and, you know, we have trials in the food and drug administration on drugs that have been developed on that international space station. the first one that's in trials right now is a vaccine for salmonella. another one that is getting ready to start trials is a vaccine for mrsa, it is the highly infectious bacterial disease in hospitals that we find so difficult to control because you can't get a kind of antibiotic that'll control it. so, mr. president, i just wanted to say for america's space team, a job well-done. a number of us, including senator hutchison and myself, had introduced and we passed last week the resolution commemorating the men and women of nasa and, indeed, their congratulations and commendations are certainly in order. -- on a job well-done. the space program lives -- the space program will go to greater heights. we will go to mars, and we will see americans venture out into the cosmos for even great
that's how big it is. and there are six human beings up there doing research right now, and, you know, we have trials in the food and drug administration on drugs that have been developed on that international space station. the first one that's in trials right now is a vaccine for salmonella. another one that is getting ready to start trials is a vaccine for mrsa, it is the highly infectious bacterial disease in hospitals that we find so difficult to control because you can't get a kind of...
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. >> big publisher of poems repress, thank you for a few minutes . . who remembers as a girl she lived next door to a lithuanian jewish family. she recalls she would call for young josephine to turn the light on for her. 60 years later you could hear the pride in her voice being called upon for that task. it's probable families living in our tenement open until the year 1935 discussed or of mitered norman thomas. tonight we are pleased to discuss his life and work with louisa thomas d. author of conscience. she will be signing copies of the book after the topic and keep in mind when you buy a book your supporting the author, the publisher and the museum. if you choose to become a member this evening, we will give you a complimentary copy of conscience. tonight's conversation is led by john mechem, executive editor and vice president of random house. a former editor of newsweek and pulitzer prize-winning author and commentator on politics,?g?g history and religious base in?gg america and is editor of our jeg public media and contributor tog the pbs tele
. >> big publisher of poems repress, thank you for a few minutes . . who remembers as a girl she lived next door to a lithuanian jewish family. she recalls she would call for young josephine to turn the light on for her. 60 years later you could hear the pride in her voice being called upon for that task. it's probable families living in our tenement open until the year 1935 discussed or of mitered norman thomas. tonight we are pleased to discuss his life and work with louisa thomas d....
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you have to put the big items, the big-ticket items on the table. that means fixing social security, reforming it for the long term, medicare, medicaid, unsustainable on the current paths. defense, we've got to find a handle on some of the procurement and expenditures. but we also -- and i think the senator joined in this -- have to close some tax loopholes and have tax reform and find some level of revenue at an appropriate ratio that allows us to fix this. and that's where the problem has been, that there are a group of folks over in the house who have just insisted no revenue at all. and what i'd ask the senator, isn't it fair to say that the gang of six came up with a sort of more balanced approach on which i believe the senate could find the ground of compromise? what senator reid has proposed i believe has cuts that republicans have supported. maybe not quite enough yet so maybe we can negotiate that. mr. coburn: let me reclaim my time. mr. kerry: absolutely. mr. coburn: there are absolutely no cuts in either what senator reid or speaker boehn
you have to put the big items, the big-ticket items on the table. that means fixing social security, reforming it for the long term, medicare, medicaid, unsustainable on the current paths. defense, we've got to find a handle on some of the procurement and expenditures. but we also -- and i think the senator joined in this -- have to close some tax loopholes and have tax reform and find some level of revenue at an appropriate ratio that allows us to fix this. and that's where the problem has...
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labor was a very big thing. the whole city of charleston was being organized by the knights of labor, which was a labor organization that was active all around the country. they said we're in touch with laborers in charleston, they're the ones you're in it and use houses have been damaged. let us help you. the city told them, we don't need your help either. we can take care of ourselves, and it put the word out around the country. we know what's going on. we can take charge. send the money to us, and we will take care of it for you. >> this is actually going to be my next question. already a racially charged environment. down to the giving out the provisions to my assumption is it didn't happen equally. the population, like you said, black. i'm sure that didn't help the situation. >> there was a lot of wrangling over what made people were the of aid. they went so a lot of trouble to try to determine if people were able to work that really troubled people. and the reason it trouble people was that they were afrai
labor was a very big thing. the whole city of charleston was being organized by the knights of labor, which was a labor organization that was active all around the country. they said we're in touch with laborers in charleston, they're the ones you're in it and use houses have been damaged. let us help you. the city told them, we don't need your help either. we can take care of ourselves, and it put the word out around the country. we know what's going on. we can take charge. send the money to...
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surely some game as big as that, paints him in million pounds, 100,000 pounds, surely you would expect to be dropped into the conversation at some point. you wouldn't have expected them to say that? >> so if things like that went on the agenda -- sorry? what sort of response -- [inaudible] >> genes, -- you may refer to -- >> he would tell you to do the same pound payout? >> he wouldn't tell me that if anyone was due. >> iconology in your view you overpaid, but i can't week to the to mr. clifford in those pieces in that piece, with respect to giving advice of counsel and the executives involved in going back while renewing 2008 in looking at that and remembering bad advice and looking at the context of the time to step back as two years, three years now. it is a decision that given that context with the decision that i would still stand by a think. >> it seems like certainly -- >> apparently there was a contract with rupert murdoch that was canceled. >> i didn't know if you have knowledge of that. >> you were going on? >> it just seems strange to me -- we may come back with some details
surely some game as big as that, paints him in million pounds, 100,000 pounds, surely you would expect to be dropped into the conversation at some point. you wouldn't have expected them to say that? >> so if things like that went on the agenda -- sorry? what sort of response -- [inaudible] >> genes, -- you may refer to -- >> he would tell you to do the same pound payout? >> he wouldn't tell me that if anyone was due. >> iconology in your view you overpaid, but i...
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he said, "that will make a big sennation." he didn't like the idea of being arrested, and he believed that the bible and evolution could be reconciled. he finally relented and agreed to get himself arrested. later he called it a drugstore discussion that got past control. the aclu lived up to its end of the agreement, they greed to help, scopes was arrested on may 7th, and the townspeople sprang into action organizing a scopes trial organization committee. that sums it up well. it wasn't about evolution. this was going to be a carnival, going to bring people into town and have fun, rev things up a little bit, and they were supposed to do what they said, accommodate visitors and organize some intertapement so as the trial nears, the town adorns shop windows with apes and monkeys. one motorcycle cruised down with a monkey on it, another was serving simeon sodas. the club approved $5,000 in 1925 money to promote town businesses during the trial. well, that's extremely important, and i think it's important to this day to keep thos
he said, "that will make a big sennation." he didn't like the idea of being arrested, and he believed that the bible and evolution could be reconciled. he finally relented and agreed to get himself arrested. later he called it a drugstore discussion that got past control. the aclu lived up to its end of the agreement, they greed to help, scopes was arrested on may 7th, and the townspeople sprang into action organizing a scopes trial organization committee. that sums it up well. it...
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so i had this big battle about whether i was going to do the english assignment, and i remember saying to her in the midst of this heated discussion i didn't see the point during these assignments. they were a waste of time. i didn't see what to do this stuff and she said to me well, okay, you are obviously a bright kid and what you decide to do is find so what are we going to do here? and i said well, it seems to me that the point of this class is one, to make sure i have an understanding of the english language and research skills and i can make a coherent argument, so why don't you testing on that? she said why don't you mean? i said have me write something. she said fine, what are you going to write? i said why not a history of riots in america. she said okay. and i went off and several weeks later come back with i don't know how long it was that like a 140 page manuscript and she takes it home, comes back the next monday and this is okay i'm going to give you an essay for the course, but i don't -- i'm not really capable of evaluating this material and i make it from the project.
so i had this big battle about whether i was going to do the english assignment, and i remember saying to her in the midst of this heated discussion i didn't see the point during these assignments. they were a waste of time. i didn't see what to do this stuff and she said to me well, okay, you are obviously a bright kid and what you decide to do is find so what are we going to do here? and i said well, it seems to me that the point of this class is one, to make sure i have an understanding of...
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is wrong with big corporations. so we're going to get into all that. but on the surface, the narrative of conservatives is actually very good. you read atlas shrugged and sometimes you think you're reading from today's headlines. one of the most memorable villains is a fellow named wesley milch. if you've seen the recent new fee, they chose to pronounce his name. i just don't get it. when i read atlas shrugged two ways mooch. we have our own real-world wesley milch. his name is barney frank. now, i don't normally use notes and i apologize for leaving these notes around, but i have them because they want to make exact quotations without error. you might remember one of the refrains is every time he wesley milch did some ridiculous thing and the economy even worse, he and his cronies have made in washington and david say, we need broader powers. we know government is the only enterprise makes the mistake bigger. let me quote her in a frank. after the collapse of the housing industry, a collapse any other engineered fr
is wrong with big corporations. so we're going to get into all that. but on the surface, the narrative of conservatives is actually very good. you read atlas shrugged and sometimes you think you're reading from today's headlines. one of the most memorable villains is a fellow named wesley milch. if you've seen the recent new fee, they chose to pronounce his name. i just don't get it. when i read atlas shrugged two ways mooch. we have our own real-world wesley milch. his name is barney frank....
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in the south here but then she got on to marry a minister and had a very conventional life in ohio, big brood of kids. involved in church causes but she was part of one of, she was maybe the most interesting person to me in some ways because she really struggled to negotiate between her children, even as her views were being challenged. >> so talk about norman and walkers through the real crises the brothers faced as a question of service was engaged. >> norman became a pacifist in the 1960s, or right before the united states entered the war and he became involved in some organizations, antiwar organizations. that was sort of the very structure that would become the aclu after the war. [inaudible] he sort of started working, they went through political channels and also kind of grassroots organizations. and evan didn't believe in politics. and he just wanted -- he had kind of a martyr streak. he decided to come back to the united states and take a stand. ralph really heated wilson's call for a fight for freedom and are the kind of what whether this or whether to become an officer. ended
in the south here but then she got on to marry a minister and had a very conventional life in ohio, big brood of kids. involved in church causes but she was part of one of, she was maybe the most interesting person to me in some ways because she really struggled to negotiate between her children, even as her views were being challenged. >> so talk about norman and walkers through the real crises the brothers faced as a question of service was engaged. >> norman became a pacifist in...
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surely some game as big as that, paints him in million pounds, 100,000 pounds, surely you would expect to be dropped into the conversation at some point. you wouldn't have expected them to say that? >> so if things like that went on the agenda -- sorry? what sort of response -- [inaudible] >> genes, -- you may refer to -- >> he would tell you to do the same pound payout? >> he wouldn't tell me that if anyone was due. >> iconology in your view you overpaid, but i can't week to the to mr. clifford in those pieces in that piece, with respect to giving advice of counsel and the executives involved in going back while renewing 2008 in looking at that and remembering bad advice and looking at the context of the time to step back as two years, three years now. it is a decision that given that context with the decision that i would still stand by a think. >> it seems like certainly -- >> apparently there was a contract with rupert murdoch that was canceled. >> i didn't know if you have knowledge of that. >> you were going on? >> it just seems strange to me -- we may come back with some details
surely some game as big as that, paints him in million pounds, 100,000 pounds, surely you would expect to be dropped into the conversation at some point. you wouldn't have expected them to say that? >> so if things like that went on the agenda -- sorry? what sort of response -- [inaudible] >> genes, -- you may refer to -- >> he would tell you to do the same pound payout? >> he wouldn't tell me that if anyone was due. >> iconology in your view you overpaid, but i...
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out in front of it in the blue outline we had a hard rock done was talking about to read this is a big mystery to us but it looks very special and it's one of the things that uniquely goes along on the site. then we can drive out of the ellipse and go up to where it says clay which is one of the minerals associated with water and formed in the environment and the patch of green is a place we would study. then we go up in to where it says sulphate that's other hydrated mineral and then we work our way up from that. so what we are doing is exploring a geological environment that consists of a stack of lawyers that tell us about the environment. now let me skip to the next one. why do these matter? well, this is the history of the geological exploration honor the and 150 years ago when the first explorers went down the color of the river and discovered the grand canyon they solve all of the leaders of rocks and what we learned from 150 years of exploration is if you start at the bottom of the pie will of the leaders and go to the topics like reading a novel. we think the crater is going t
out in front of it in the blue outline we had a hard rock done was talking about to read this is a big mystery to us but it looks very special and it's one of the things that uniquely goes along on the site. then we can drive out of the ellipse and go up to where it says clay which is one of the minerals associated with water and formed in the environment and the patch of green is a place we would study. then we go up in to where it says sulphate that's other hydrated mineral and then we work...
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not that big an issue. that sounds crazy for me to say that, but when you put a kid in a situation where six and a half to eight hours a day they're in our building, i already fed 'em in the morning, i fed 'em in the afternoon, i got a bra knoll la in my pocket not for me, but because when we go shopping, my wife and i shop at sam's. so we've got extra food. i've got a refrigerator in my office, i have granola bars in there. i don't eat all that stuff. i have cereal in my office, and i'm not the only one. many of my staff do. if it's a food issue, that's a solvable problem. but more important than giving the child the food is feeding their soul. because they're not going to get full off the granolas that i'm giving them, but they have football practice, and i can't have them going there when the last time they ate was 3 1:30 and -- 11:30 and practice isn't over until 6, 7:00. i'm telling you, cut that out. folks, i'm telling you, kids don't care like that. if you give it to 'em, they're going to be there. a
not that big an issue. that sounds crazy for me to say that, but when you put a kid in a situation where six and a half to eight hours a day they're in our building, i already fed 'em in the morning, i fed 'em in the afternoon, i got a bra knoll la in my pocket not for me, but because when we go shopping, my wife and i shop at sam's. so we've got extra food. i've got a refrigerator in my office, i have granola bars in there. i don't eat all that stuff. i have cereal in my office, and i'm not...
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she had gone on to marry a minister and had a very life in ohio, big brood of kids, and involved in sort of church causes. but she was actually part of, just maybe the most interesting person to me in some ways, because she really struggled to negotiate between her children, even as her views were being challenged by them. >> so talk about norman and walk us through the real crisis the brothers faced as a question of service was engaged. >> norman became a pacifist in the 1960s -- 1916, right before the united states entered the war. and he came involved in organizations, antiwar organizations. that was sort of the structure that would become the aclu after the war. [inaudible] and he sort of started working -- they went through political channels and all sorts of kind of grassroots organizations. and evan didn't believe in politics. he just wanted, i mean come hit kind of a martyr of the street. he decided to come back to the united states to take a stand. routh really believed he was fighting a cause for freedom and are the kind of what back and forth. and ended up joining, he wanted t
she had gone on to marry a minister and had a very life in ohio, big brood of kids, and involved in sort of church causes. but she was actually part of, just maybe the most interesting person to me in some ways, because she really struggled to negotiate between her children, even as her views were being challenged by them. >> so talk about norman and walk us through the real crisis the brothers faced as a question of service was engaged. >> norman became a pacifist in the 1960s --...
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was doing wrong, often by not having a big enough government. the obama administration response to this i thought was fascinating. a prominent response, so unfair for the u.n. to say that the u.s. is systematically violating u.s. rights because last year we passed obama care and took a giant stride toward recognizing our international human rights obligations in health care. this falls into the category of reassurances that leave me less reassured. i find it bothersome. i think that would have been an additional reason to vote against it. people that are you publicly it it was required for international human rights obligations. and similarly in the controversy in recent weeks and wisconsin i wish i had a dollar for every time that someone has argued that what governor walker did in repealing some of the old publication rights actually was a violation of international human rights. vary widely argued in litigation. so there is a pattern here. much as it was a priest in the 1970's. the u.s. constitution required to properly read court enforcement
was doing wrong, often by not having a big enough government. the obama administration response to this i thought was fascinating. a prominent response, so unfair for the u.n. to say that the u.s. is systematically violating u.s. rights because last year we passed obama care and took a giant stride toward recognizing our international human rights obligations in health care. this falls into the category of reassurances that leave me less reassured. i find it bothersome. i think that would have...
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big pharma in this .. fought against any type of health care reform, has made it very expensive. the cost of insulin has increased from about $32 a vial to over $50 a vial. since the health care bill was passed in congress, it is impossible for me to believe that insulin production costs have increased over 100%, or route 100% -- or around 100%. something is going on, and i think it is called greed. i would like the commentators and addressed the issue of healthcare in this country -- if you are willing to provide it people like me with any type of reasonable health care coverage -- they are allowed to continue their criminal behavior. guest: you mentioned that pharmaceuticals opposing health- care reform. that is not the case. we want to make sure that everybody has access to affordable health insurance. we are very much supportive of that . your comment about greed, i just don't agree with that. and a standby people have that perspective, but that is not -- i understand why people have that perspective, but that is not what our companies are about. the government needs to conti
big pharma in this .. fought against any type of health care reform, has made it very expensive. the cost of insulin has increased from about $32 a vial to over $50 a vial. since the health care bill was passed in congress, it is impossible for me to believe that insulin production costs have increased over 100%, or route 100% -- or around 100%. something is going on, and i think it is called greed. i would like the commentators and addressed the issue of healthcare in this country -- if you...
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to afford but also too big to change politically. this is how a aaa country becomes aa, the first step on the march to greece." end of quotation. charles congratulat krauthammerl observer of the political scene, in his column friday in "the washington post" concluded with the following words: "obama faces two massive problems: jobs and debt. they're both the result of his spectacularly failed keynesian gamble, spendin spending that la stagnant economy with high and chronic unemployment and a stag staggering debt burden." and that's the problem, mr. president. a staggering debt burden that requires us to increase our debt ceiling and republicans are saying, in order to stop this cycle of more promises and more spending, we've got to apply some accountability, some common sense and good judgment, and that means, first and foremost, stop the spending. i would note, as i said before, that under president obama, annual spending has gone up by $1.2 trillion each of the years. the deficit by peds 1.4 trillion. and i ask again, do you notice
to afford but also too big to change politically. this is how a aaa country becomes aa, the first step on the march to greece." end of quotation. charles congratulat krauthammerl observer of the political scene, in his column friday in "the washington post" concluded with the following words: "obama faces two massive problems: jobs and debt. they're both the result of his spectacularly failed keynesian gamble, spendin spending that la stagnant economy with high and chronic...
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now, i get a big kick out of this "time" magazine, "the new new deal." using the financial crisis of 2008 and 2009, he was going to transform the united states into a european-style social democracy. businesses and the individuals who start them would no longer be free entities with property rights. they would be arms of the state that exist for the purpose of funding ever-expanding welfare programs. taxation would no longer be a necessary evil with citizens and businesses recognizing a legal duty to pay what was owed but understanding that they were ceding their property rights to the government to provide for certain public goods. instead, businesses and tax-paying citizens would be obligated to share their wealth with the state. and because the progressives running the administration do not believe in natural rights to liberty and property because they think everything -- everything a family or business makes is, in fact, due only to the largeess of the state, paying taxes is no longer something that somebody done but something people should want to d
now, i get a big kick out of this "time" magazine, "the new new deal." using the financial crisis of 2008 and 2009, he was going to transform the united states into a european-style social democracy. businesses and the individuals who start them would no longer be free entities with property rights. they would be arms of the state that exist for the purpose of funding ever-expanding welfare programs. taxation would no longer be a necessary evil with citizens and businesses...
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family values play a big role in relationships play a big role in what occurs. i wonder if you could sort of draw out some of their relationships that occurred, what the family manse in this story. people sometimes forget that the gun fight actually involve three sets of brothers. and what that added to the makes >> when you add on the frontier into prospecting, trying to run a business or ranch, everybody else in the area to a certain extent was a competitive. hard to know who you could trust to would not betray you, and for that reason family was so important. it was so critical. the herb brothers were desperately loyalties other. they loved each other. an insult to one was an attack on all of them. that is also true of the clintons and the mclaury. you tested your family. you defended your family. sometimes you might be a little too prone to defend them. but these are the kinds of relationships that or importance out there in a place where you are struggling to create yourself, in the great words of fred , that fine historian. the frontier of the west was
family values play a big role in relationships play a big role in what occurs. i wonder if you could sort of draw out some of their relationships that occurred, what the family manse in this story. people sometimes forget that the gun fight actually involve three sets of brothers. and what that added to the makes >> when you add on the frontier into prospecting, trying to run a business or ranch, everybody else in the area to a certain extent was a competitive. hard to know who you could...
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so we had an election and it was a sha shellacking for the big spenders. wasn't that what it was all about? was there a single candidate that i know of that won last time -- at least new candidate that got elected for the first time -- that didn't talk about the need to constrain spending in washington? that was the theme throughout the election. that was the meaning of the election. so now my colleagues, oh, we can't -- oh, you want to cut spending? oh, they've got these extremists in the house. oh, they don't want to play ba ball. they hadn't served in the congress long enough. they don't know better. they think we can actually cut spending. of course we can't cut spending. oh, that's not the way you do it. you just reduce growth a little bit in spending and save you're cutting spending, even though it's still going up. that's the way -- that's what's been going on here. that's why we are increasing the debt at the most extraordinary rate in over a systemic period of time to a degree that every economist that's appeared before the budget committee -- i'm
so we had an election and it was a sha shellacking for the big spenders. wasn't that what it was all about? was there a single candidate that i know of that won last time -- at least new candidate that got elected for the first time -- that didn't talk about the need to constrain spending in washington? that was the theme throughout the election. that was the meaning of the election. so now my colleagues, oh, we can't -- oh, you want to cut spending? oh, they've got these extremists in the...
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this is a very big issue. the amount of traffic increase going through this very delicate waterway is tricky systems where, again, most of the traffic we're talking about from pugot sound requires local pilots and a variety of things. these are important issues, so we're look to get your views on the record for that. >> i'll be pleased to provide that, thank you. >> thank you. mr. chairman? >> thank you. let me emphasize the last point with alaska and the border. if there's issues that you identify that may be gaps or you're unaware because the information isn't there, i think we need to know that because of the work. i know my state does. i know your state does with canada on a regular basis. they visit our offices fairly regular because of issues of trade and fish and many other things that i think it would be very important for us to know, and i think a part of our role should be to assist and make sure their standards equal -- obviously love to exceed, but at least equal to what we require at this moment.
this is a very big issue. the amount of traffic increase going through this very delicate waterway is tricky systems where, again, most of the traffic we're talking about from pugot sound requires local pilots and a variety of things. these are important issues, so we're look to get your views on the record for that. >> i'll be pleased to provide that, thank you. >> thank you. mr. chairman? >> thank you. let me emphasize the last point with alaska and the border. if there's...
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but that doesn't mean we shouldn't be clear about the big picture of what needs to be done. all this as i said a moment ago
but that doesn't mean we shouldn't be clear about the big picture of what needs to be done. all this as i said a moment ago